10 Alternative Affiliate Networks to Clickbank

If you've listened to much of my training, when it comes to showing you how to find affiliate products to promote quite often I personally refer to the Clickbank Marketplace. The reason I do this is because Clickbank approves virtually everyone (unless you are from Nigeria or some other country outside their approval zones), and they have an amazing selection of products to promote with high commissions.

The other reasons are because most of the money that I make comes from Clickbank and also because they are extremely reliable with their on time payments, and I've built up a good relationship with them over the years.

However, in this blog post I want to share with you a list of other alternatives for you to consider as I don't want my own bias to prevent you from seeing that there is a whole world of affiliate offers to promote outside of Clickbank.

I think joining all 10 of these will be overkill, but billions of dollars in transactions are being made every year through these other networks, and many have fantastic offers that are not available at ClickBank.

I have several affiliate millionaire friends who earn the majority of their income outside of Clickbank, and you may find some of these affiliate marketing platforms very useful to join.

In no particular order, here they are: ​

1. Rakuten LinkShare

Rakuten LinkShare offers affiliate programs from big brands, but you have to apply to promote them and it’s not always easy to get accepted. Best for those with some experience already.

Rakuten LinkShare has a lot of physical products to promote, including some big-brands. It's not the fastest to sign-up to, or the simplest to navigate, but there's a lot of helpful guidance as you go.

You have to sign-up with each individual advertiser before you can promote their products. This draws out the process, but also demonstrates that higher-quality is important here.

3. ShareASale

ShareASale is another well-known affiliate network with a lot of product options.

It’s simple and easy to sign up for ShareASale, but it’s not the most straightforward platform for navigating the available features. Search for merchants using the "Merchants" icon at the top, then “Search for Merchants”. You can then filter via keyword, category, or a mixture of information in an advanced search.

It’s not easy to get started joining affiliate programs. You have to verify that you own your website before you can join any of them, which involves placing a key in your website’s header tag.

A bonus with ShareASale is being able to add products to your "basket," which means you can save information about merchants or products that you’d like to apply for, review, or export later on.

4. Market Health

Market Health is best for affiliates looking to promote physical products in health-related niches. Newbie friendly.

Market Health is an affiliate network with a broad variety of health products. Some of the categories include general health, weight loss, colon health, men’s health, cosmetics, health and beauty, skin care, sports nutrition and others.

It’s super easy to sign up, and the site is extremely straightforward to use. You can browse by product category, you can look at their featured products or you can sort by country/language.

If your website topic is anything to do with the health niche, then this could be a really great network for you to use.

5. Neverblue

Neverblue is a CPA network with a great reputation, but it can be difficult to get accepted.

Neverblue is a very well respected CPA, or cost-per-action, network. This basically means you get a commission when people go and perform an action, such as signing up or entering details into a form.

Neverblue connects people who want traffic and leads with those who can direct it their way. Neverblue has an incredible reputation. Everywhere I’ve looked, people are very happy with the support and communication, as well as the commissions and integrity.

The trickiest thing about Neverblue is getting accepted. The site is very careful about the potential for fraud and will do a check on everyone before accepting them. In saying that, if you’ve got nothing to hide, just be honest and you’ll be fine.

The site offers a wide variety of opportunities to choose from, and it's known for paying correctly and on time.

6. Affiliate.com

Another CPA network, less prominent than Neverblue but still reputable.

Affiliate.com tends to prefer intermediate to advanced affiliates, so if you don’t have much experience yet you’d probably be best to try one of the other networks first.

To sign up with the site, you have to fill out an affiliate application, which the site will review within 2 business days. You'll get a call to confirm all of your information and be assigned to an affiliate manager.

At this point in time, Affiliate.com claims almost 2,000 live campaigns in a variety of categories, so there’s definitely a large selection to choose from.

7. JVZoo

A digital product network like Clickbank.

JVZoo is very similar to Clickbank in that it’s a network for affiliates and sellers based around digital products. It’s easy to navigate, and, just like with Clickbank, you can check out the marketplace to get an idea of the products you could promote before you’ve even signed up.

There are a lot of less-than-ideal affiliate programs on this network however. Some have terrible grammar mistakes or poorly-executed sales pages.

This doesn't mean that you can't succeed with JVZoo, it just means you have to carefully filter through the products before you decide to promote something on your site. This is true of any network, but especially important here.

I like how Nathaniel explains it in his review, “Can You Make Money on JVZoo?,” so check that out if you’d like more information about this network.

8. PeerFly

A high-quality CPA network, which prides itself on being custom-built.

Peerfly is another CPA affiliate network, once again with high-quality offers and a great reputation, but you do have to apply and be approved.

This verification process is a really good thing, even if it takes a little more time and effort. It means that if you do get accepted, you’re in good hands.

The cool thing about PeerFly is that the software is custom built, so you’re unlikely to experience downtime or other hosting related issues.

You can apply to be a publisher from anywhere in the world. PeerFly has a convenient payment options. You can even opt for weekly payments, so you won’t be waiting around to get your commissions. The site offers PayPal, Payoneer, check, wire, or ACH transfers if you live in the US.

You can also access your stats on your phone via the mobile stats page.

9. Amazon Associates

An enormous variety of products to promote, but low commissions.

Everyone has heard of Amazon. It’s a big player in the e-tail and internet marketing games, and as an affiliate you can take advantage of this huge network.

This is probably one of the broadest networks that you could promote from, with something for nearly any niche. It’s also extremely easy and straightforward to start promoting products.

The well-known name of Amazon means that there's a strong level of trust associated with buying from this network. This works in your favour when you promote the products here.

The downside here is that the commission rate is tiny, you have a much smaller window in which to convince people to buy (only 24 hours) and it's hard to get approved by the network. Ideally, you need a website which already has a healthy level of traffic to get accepted, and to make it worth your while.

10. eBay Partner Network

Huge variety of products, but you need a website with quality traffic to succeed.

eBay Partner Network is a very similar story to the Amazon Associates network. There’s a huge amount of products available for you to promote, and you get the added advantage of eBay's credibility: People know that it’s safe to buy from eBay.

It’s hard to get accepted into this network unless you have a website with a lot of quality traffic, which is fair enough, as you need that quality traffic to earn a decent commission here anyway.

So what should I choose?

Depending on your individual marketing requirements, you could choose one or more of these networks to promote from.

If you’re looking for digital products, Clickbank is actually one of the best networks. It has high commission percentages and a wide variety of products to choose from, many of which are good quality.

Market Health (If you’re in a health-related niche, this is a really great option)

If none of the above are calling to you, or you just have more of an interest in CPA marketing, the best two networks to apply for are Neverblue and PeerFly.

If you’ve got a lot of experience and traffic or a large social following, you may wish to try your hand with promoting via Amazon and/or eBay. It’s just about having the right audience for promoting products from these well-known sites.

If you'd like to compare networks directly for yourself, try this table as a guide:

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You’re not restricted to any one network or platform, so you might as well try any that seem like they could be of use to you.

There are many other networks than the ones that I've listed above, but these are the ones that either I know others are being hugely successful in, or I have met personally with the networks and know of the quality of their organization and offers.

I'm interested in your comments, so let me know of your own experiences and opinions below.

Excellent post, Mark. Thanks for the information. I just wanted to throw in my two cents' worth.

I use LinkShare pretty extensively. Many of their programs provide an RSS feed that is easily incorporated into a WordPress site for automatic updating via readily available plugins. Easy for a less technical person to set up and use. Make sure to subscribe to their Deactivated Advertiser feed, though. They seem to have a few vendors who let their accounts lapse too often for my taste. That means if you send traffic to them during their down time, you do not get paid. Just something to be aware of and watch out for.

I also use ShareASale. Their data feeds take a little more work, but the vendors are reliable and steady.

I have a few Commission Junction campaigns running, but mainly when I need a specific, high profile vendor. They handle a lot of large mainstream companies.

Thanks Mark for the info. Let me try and be successful with one avenue first and then I'll tackle these avenues :-) Thanks.

Paul, you are going to feel overwhelmed because the info that Affilorama is giving us all is overwhelming!

If you are very new, I suggest you first forget about making money quickly and set yourself up to obtain all the knowledge you can possibly get. All that knowledge is contained in this Affilorama site. Work through the whole site step-by-step, even if it takes you a couple of weeks. The picture will soon become clearer and when you are ready to start the process and you still get stuck, use an appropriate forum to get help. Nobody will laugh at you.

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Thanks, Mark. I didn't know about several of these Clickbank alternatives. Another site to add to this list is RapBank. It's free to sign up, there's a lot of flexibility regarding how you can select products to promote and a major benefit is that it pays instant commissions.

Thanks for posting these alternate sites Mark. I think everyone starts out using Clickbank, but if you want to get serious about your affiliate marketing then you really need to branch out and find other products to promote that aren't being hammered by the mainstream on Clickbank.

For me CJ and ShareASale are great places to find products to promote. But I will now also have a look at some of the other places mentioned in this post.

Thanks Mark for the info. I believe there is enough for all of us to ge a piece of the pie. Like many, I am very new at affiliate marketing. I don't have to earn millions, but would like to earn eanough to make a living. I appreciate you sharing knowledge to help us be successful. I will keep this post in my back pocket as I make progress.

It would be good to know also which affiliate programs offer payment through Paypal. Since some of the the affiliates live outside US. Cheques take long to process and some are not processed at all because of issues.

Thanks Marks providing these places of business-making. I am going to join Linkshare as listed by you and suggested by others, I mean your listing has one kind of authentication that these business places can be satisfactory.

Great list of affiliate networks. If you are interested in creating your own in-house affiliate program you can check out OSI Affiliate Software. It is an easy affiliate software that can help you run your own in-house affiliate program.

Hello Mark! I'd like to add Clickbroker.com as a great alternative to Clickbank. All products found on the Marketplace are digital information products created by our fantastic community. These products are usually e-books, how-to guides, graphics and video tutorials. As an affiliate you get paid up to 75 % of every sale generated by your visitors.

Aweber has it's own affiliate program. In order to particpate you must have an aweber account. Once in your aweber account, you can complete the affiliate process directly with the. hope that helps. :-)

Thanks for the info.
Please what exactly is the reason why Clickbank doesn't allow affiliate marketers in Nigeria cos I find it a bit unfair....?
Secondly, I don't have a website, which affiliate market sites will be best for me?
Thanks!

Hi Fezy! ClickBank and several other major websites banned Nigeria as a result of the disproportionately high number of scammers there—I've heard Nigerians refer to these criminals as "the Yahoo boys." It's a real shame for all the honest people in that country!

Luckily, with Nigeria becoming a bigger player in the international market, a lot of companies are trying to take them back into the fold; for example, eBay is working with Mall for Africa to set up extra-secure payment methods and allow Nigerians to buy from eBay again. Let's hope companies like ClickBank follow their example.

Hi Im starting out my new business and im very new at affiliate marketing. Thank you for posting this. I grabbed everything I believe i could use in the future. However I still am not sure so I am thinking about joining Viihive => viihive.com, which my friend recommended for me. He said that it has its team of marketers and designers who we reach out to at anytime. I really need this to guide me every step of the way. But What do you think of this?

Hi Lorenzo! It looks like ViiHive is a relatively new and untested platform. I think it would be better to start with more established platforms that you know you can trust, and then try out the less well-known ones when you know what should be working and what might not be. It will make it easier to spot a scam if you happen to run into one.

Hi Punascha! Honestly, the amount of traffic you get hardly matters at all. What matters is the quality of the traffic (are they the sort of people who would actually be interested in buying your affiliate products and have the means to do so?) and the quality of your site (does it do a good job of getting visitors interested in your affiliate products and convince them to actually click through and make a purchase?). An awesome site with 10 really interested visitors every day will make more sales than a bad site with 10,000 visitors who were tricked into visiting a site they don't care about.

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Hey, great article. I wanted to find an alternative for my niche which is all about musical instruments, audio related stuff... However, I'm having difficulties. BTW, Rakuten does not allow affiliates from EU I guess. Tried but no.

The above list contains the more popular affiliate networks that Mark has, at one point or another, tried. There are plenty more others, like WarriorPlus, but the above are the 10 most popular that we have experience with.